Ban Tsui

Ban Tsui (Chinese: 徐志豪; born March 1963) is a Canadian anesthesiologist known for describing the Tsui Test and developing the StimuLong Sono-Tsui for ease of pediatric epidural placement. Recently along with his son, Jenkin Tsui, Dr. Tsui developed a catheter-over-needle kit allowing a continuous catheter placement to be performed with the ease of a single shot during peripheral nerve blocks.[1] Dr. Tsui is currently a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Alberta[2] and also is the Director of the Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service at the University of Alberta Hospital and the Site Chief for Anesthesia at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton.[3]

Education

Dr. Tsui was born in Hong Kong in 1963. He completed a Diploma in Engineering, a BSc in Mathematics and a BSc in Pharmacy from Dalhousie University. He graduated with a MSc in Pharmacy in 1991 from Dalhousie University and completed his MD in 1995 from Dalhousie University.[4] He completed his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Alberta in 2000 and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Peri-operative and Critical Care Echocardiography from Melbourne University, Australia.

Career

Dr. Tsui has published over 150 articles and letters (110 articles and 59 letters) covering clinical and basic research and is a reviewer for a number of anesthesiology journals.[5] Dr. Tsui is an avid and internationally recognized researcher in many areas of regional anesthesia and is invited as a visiting professor and guest speaker to many institutions. Dr. Tsui is the author of the first textbook in describing how to use ultrasound together with nerve stimulation to perform regional anesthesia, entitled "Textbook Atlas of Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia" and is a co-author of Principles of Airway Management (4th edition); he has also contributed chapters to several anesthesiology textbooks.[6] In addition, Dr. Tsui is the co-author of the first regional anesthesia in using ultrasound for pediatric patients, entitled "Pediatric Atlas of Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia Regional Anesthesia". [7]

E-Catheter

Dr. Tsui is also the co-inventor of the E-catheter, the first non-kinkable catheter over needle which simplified the continuous catheter technique to increase the accuracy and placement and duration of a continuous nerve block.[8][9] The company Pajunk GmbH & Co. KG Besitzverwaltung manufactures the catheter and it has been adopted in a number of centres around the world. In Canada, the company Dynamedical distributes the catheter kit.[10]

Tsui Test

Dr. Tsui developed the Tsui Test, a low current electrical stimulation test, which is used to confirm catheter location in the epidural space during procedures like combined spinal and epidural anesthesia.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "ecatheter". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ban Tsui". University of Alberta. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ban Tsui". University of Alberta. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ban Tsui". University of Alberta. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ban Tsui". Asian Australian Congress of Anesthesiologists. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ban Tsui". Asian Australian Congress of Anesthesiologists. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ban Tsui". University of Alberta. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Catheter Set for Epidural or Peripheral Nerve Blockade". Justia Patents. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "StimuLong Sono-Tsui Set". PAJUNK. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "E-Catheter Kit for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block". Dynacare. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Usefulness of the Tsui Test in Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia in Labour". ClinicalTrials.gov. ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieved 6 October 2014.